Moving Checklist
8 weeks
Begin to transfer your school and healthcare records to your
new community. Notify your children's present schools that you are
planning to move and request that your current school district
transfers your children's records to your new district. Ask your
family physician and veterinarians for referrals in your new town and
remember to request that your doctors transfer your medical records to
your new health care providers. If you are taking medication, remember
to have all of your prescriptions transferred too. This is a good time
to begin collecting your pet vaccination and health care records and
locate new veterinarians.
7 weeks
Notify home service providers of your upcoming move date and
start to set up new home services in your new community. It's time
to contact all of your current home service providers to cancel
services, including:
- Security Services
- House Cleaning Services
- Lawn Care
- Cable or Satellite TV Services
- Utilities (Water, Electricity,
Phone, Etc.)
In addition, remember to create a
list of all of your credit card companies, insurance providers, and
other creditors. Remember that you must notify each company of your
move date and your new address.
6 weeks
Start to plan a garage sale to sell your unwanted possessions.
Moving to a new home can be great
motivation for turning your trash into cash. Whether you call it a
garage sale, yard sale, or moving sale, the idea is to finally clean
out the garage, basement, closet or attic that's been harboring all
that stuff you haven't used, and maybe haven't even seen, for years.
If you're moving into a smaller home,
a sale of some sort may be a necessity. If you have a lot to dispose
of, you might even want to consider an auction or estate sale run by
estate sale professionals. Remember that donating items to charities
can not only help lighten your load but can also result in a tax
deduction.
5 weeks
Decide who will pack boxes and if self-packing locate packing
supplies. Your professional moving company will have a wide
variety of packing supplies and can offer valuable packing advice.
Your mover can also provide full packing services. If your considering
packing boxes yourself, be sure to visit
MoveOut.com.
Remember that, although having the
moving company pack boxes costs extra, having your mover pack all of
the boxes can save you time, trouble, and assures that the mover will
be fully responsible for any damage that might occur to the contents
of packed boxes.
4 weeks
It's time to start packing! On move-in day you'll need to
instruct the delivery crew where to place each piece, so you should
label all boxes with the name of the room in which they belong. Make
sure you label your boxes on two different sides in case boxes are
stacked one on top of another. In addition, it's wise to label each
box with a brief description of its contents on the side.
Don't use boxes that are too big as
they will be heavy and more likely to burst.
Make certain all boxes are packed
full and tight. Half-full boxes may crush when stacked which could
damage the contents.
It's wise to pre-pack seasonal items
and toys that you and your family won't be using until after your
move. If you are moving in the summer, pre-pack winter items; if
during the cooler months, you can pack away your family's summer
clothing.
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